Turkey is restricting some commercial ship traffic into the Black Sea, according to people familiar with the matter, following growing concern from the government over an uptick in Russian and Ukrainian attacks on vessels in the area. The Directorate General of Coastal Safety has told multiple ships bound for Russia’s Novorossiysk – a key oil and grain export hub – that it isn’t currently issuing transit permits for such voyages or needs more time to review applications via the Dardanelles Strait, the people said. #oott bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Turkey is restricting some commercial ship traffic into the Black Sea, according to people familiar with the matter, following growing concern from the government over an uptick in Russian and Ukrainian attacks on vessels in the area. The Directorate General of Coastal Safety has told multiple ships bound for Russia’s Novorossiysk – a key oil and grain export hub – that it isn’t currently issuing transit permits for such voyages or needs more time to review applications via the Dardanelles Strait, the people said. #oott bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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